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‘She was right to ditch the passage since it would have jarred with the spirit of reasoned debate.’

‘The only jarring note in all of this is that while Dublin has prospered, the regions have been almost starved.’

‘Aron's outgoing personality jarred with my current mood; it reminded me of a time when I had been as self-assuredly bold as him.’

‘I know it's an odd detail to fixate on, but it just jarred with the rest of the scene.’

‘After the lush greenery of that beautiful country, the starkness of northern Namibia provided a jarring contrast.’

‘Likewise, editor A. Shreekar Prasad has skillfully interwoven the three plot lines and the film unwinds with great lucidity and no jarring notes.’

‘However, a jarring note in the musical evening was the frequent use of English by the girl who compèred the programme.’

‘There were a few jarring notes in the production, though, which stop me from hailing the series as a work of genius.’

‘Multiculturalism involves the recognition of difference, which jars with the idea of equal treatment to achieve equity.’

‘She gave a history lesson that jarred with many Europeans who heard it, dating the birth of the relationship between Europe and the US to World War II.’

‘i think that in a world mediated by commercial image inundation, it is particularly jarring to see visuals that are incongruous with the usual profit motivations.’

‘As for the Old Vic material, it's in jarring contrast to the steely professional polish that characterised Who's Next.’

‘And because the script has wisely avoided writing them as stereotypically American, there are no jarring notes in the casting mix.’

‘No matter how powerful and commanding your voice, it always sounds weak and feeble after loud music and graphics on a big screen, but the drama that was about to unfold really was a jarring contrast.’

‘I arranged the leaves on the cushions in order, but that jarred with me, so I added a bit of chaotic stitching.’

clashing, conflicting, contrasting, incompatible, incongruous

clash, conflict, be incompatible, be at variance, be at odds, be inconsistent, be incongruous, be in opposition, be in conflict, disagree, contrast, collide

Origin

Pronunciation

jar

Main definitions of jar in English

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noun

in phrase on the jardialect, informal

Ajar.

‘The door was on the jar. I mounted the steps, that is as well as my trembling knees would allow, clutching at the balustrade between my swoonings.’

‘They locked the body of the deceased in a box on the fourth day after the murder, and, having left the garret door open and the street door on the jar, one of the apprentices was told to call Nanny down to dinner, and to tell her that, if she promised to behave well in future, she would be no longer confined.’

Origin

Late 17th century: later form of obsolete char ‘turn’ (see also ajar and charwoman).